Alula is an editorial resource for families navigating dementia and Parkinson’s disease. Our writers are clinicians, researchers, and caregivers who’ve lived what they write about — because the guidance families need shouldn’t come from a search engine.
Here you’ll find practical articles on every stage of the caregiving journey: from understanding a new diagnosis to managing daily care routines, coordinating with siblings, and evaluating whether it’s time for memory care or private duty help at home. We cover Virginia and communities across the country.
Beyond the reading, our caregiving platform helps families coordinate the day-to-day — medications, tasks, documents, and updates across your entire care team.
From Understanding
to Under Control.
Recent Articles
Expert perspectives on dementia care, Parkinson’s caregiving, and the decisions families face at every stage.
What Dementia Behaviors Are Really Telling You
Behaviors are not the person. They are the disease acting on a brain that can no longer regulate itself. A geriatrician and an eight-year family caregiver share what they have learned from living this.
Questions to Ask a Memory Care Facility: What I Learned Touring Six Communities
What to look for — and what to ask — when touring memory care communities. A family's firsthand guide from evaluating six communities in Central Virginia.
What the Doctor Doesn’t See
The other version of a dementia diagnosis — from inside the house, standing next to the caregiver, learning what it means to be one step removed from the grief but close enough to see everything.
How We Knew It Was Time for Hospice
How did we know it was the right time for hospice?
Our Contributors
About usBoard-certified geriatricians, emergency medicine physicians, and experienced family caregivers. Every article is written or reviewed by someone who has worked directly with families navigating dementia and Parkinson’s.
What We Cover
Diagnosis
The diagnosis journey. Early signs, getting evaluated, the first 30 days after someone tells you your parent has dementia or Parkinson's.
Daily Care
Practical daily care. Medications, behaviors, routines, exercises — what actually works when the textbook isn't enough.
Finding Help
Hiring caregivers, cutting out agencies, and paying for it all. How to find the right help without the runaround.
Family
Coordinating care across siblings, geographies, and disagreements. The family dynamics nobody prepares you for.
The Hard Stuff
Grief, guilt, resentment, and the things the caregiving industry won't touch. The emotional reality of watching someone disappear.
Staying or Moving
Aging in place, assisted living, memory care. When to consider it, how to pay for it, and how to live with the decision.
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